sorb Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun acid gritty-textured fruit
    sorb apple.
  2. verb take up a liquid or a gas either by adsorption or by absorption
    take up.

WordNet

Sorb noun
Etymology
L. sorbus the tree, sorbum the fruit; cf. F. sorbe. See Service tree.
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) (a) The wild service tree (Pyrus torminalis) of Europe; also, the rowan tree. (b) The fruit of these trees.

Webster 1913